All will be revealed at a new exhibition, entitled Secrets from the Stores, giving visitors the chance to explore some of the museum’s rarely seen objects.

Items on display will range from man-traps to minerals and from wolves to weaponry – so there will be something to spark everyone’s interests.

Carolyn Wingfield, the museum’s curator said: “The exhibition will provide an exciting opportunity for visitors to see aspects of ‘behind-the scenes’ museum work and to find out how we plan to improve access to collections for everyone – local residents, visitors, school groups and researchers.”

Inspired by the building of a new store to better house many items from the museum’s vast collection, the exhibition will also provide an opportunity to find out why museums have so much in storage, see how collections are used, learn about the museum’s future improvement plans and find out how to get involved in volunteering.